500 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



June 15. 



FRIENDS, 



I have a fine strain of Itulian bees, and my apiary 

 will be located six miles from other bees, so perfect 

 mating of queens is assured. Will be pleased to re- 

 ceive your orders. Prices are as follows; 

 1 untested queen, f 1.00 I 6 untested queens, $4.75 

 3 ." " i.ro I 13 " " 6.50 



Tested queens, each, $1..50. 

 Safe arrival guaranteed. Address 



FRANK H. HOWARD, 

 6-8-iOd GARDEN CITY, KANSAS. 



Please mention this paper 



A B C OF 



STRAWBERRY "r CULTURE. 



A * BOOK * FOR * BEGISNERS. 



BY T. B. TERRY. 



This is Terry's latest and best work, and has re- 

 ceived some very high words of praise. Who that 

 keeps bees does not also have a little garden-patch? 

 If you would learn to raise in it that most luscious 

 of all fruit, the strawberry, with the best results, 

 you can not he witliout this little hook. Even if 

 you don't grow strawberries you will be the better 

 for reading it. Pages one-half size of this. Fully 

 illustrated; 144 pages. Price 3.5c; by mail, 40c. 



A. I. ROOT, Medina, Ohio. 



WIRE NETTING, 



SHORT ROLLS, ETC. 



un 



We submit below, corrected from last issue, a 

 list of the short rolls and remnants of wire netting 

 that we have just received from the factory. We 

 still have a good supply of 2-inch No. 19 netting 4 

 feet high, which we still offer at these special prices: 

 1 roll, S3.60; 5 rolls, $17.50; 10 rolls, $34.00. This you 

 notice is 10c a roll higher than our last offer on this 

 size. We have the 3-inch Nos. 19 and 20, 60 and 72 

 inches wide only, other widths all sold. We have put 

 the price on the following pieces at the same rate as 

 full rolls, except on the 72 inch, on which we offer 

 an extra 10% discount. 



Of 2-inch mesh No. 19 wire, we have the following 

 remnants and short rolls at %c per square foot. 

 The figures at the left give the width in inches, and 

 the other figures give the length of each piece in 

 feet. Multiply this by the widtli in feet, then take 

 two-thirds of the result to find the price of each 

 piece. 



117. 123. 



69. 96, 97, 97, 114, 120. 128, 131. 143. 147. 

 30 45 50,60,62,64,70.90.91,101.107,123,137,140.144,146. VfiF 

 9 16 18 18,19. 25. 26, 38,40, 40, 40. 49,.50.50, 50, .53,54,.'i5, .56,.58, 58, 

 64 73 73. 73, 74, 75. 82, 83. 84. 84, 87. 87. 90. 90, 92, 94. 96, 96, 96, 99, 



100 100 100, 100, 100, 100, 100, 102, 102, 102, 105, 105,109, 110, 111, 114, 



115' 116 118, 120, 120, 122, 124, 124, 125, 125, 128, 129, 129, 138, 142, 142, 



143'l43. 144,144, 147, 147. 



16. 20, 131. 



11 20 20, 25. 29. 32. 35. .SS. 40. 48. .55. .55. 60. 61, 64. 67. 68. 75. 75. 82. 83, 



84'86 87,90,94, 96, 103, 119, 120. 122. 123, 123, 124, 130, 138, 138. 140, 143, 



144, 144, 144 144. 115. 145, 145, 146. 

 54 72, 88. 88. 143. 

 60 I 53 71 73.73. 75. 78. 87, 96, 101, 101, 101, 105, 107, 110, 120,123.124, 138, 



I 140. 144. 144, 146. 146 

 72 16 20 42 42.42,47.48,57,71,73.75,75.81,82,85,85,88,93,100,100, 

 I 112, 119. 120, 123. 124. 125. 134. 142. 



Of 2-inch No. 20 we have the following pieces at three fifths 

 of a cent per square foot. Arrive at the price in precisely the 

 same v^ay as above, takinpc three-flfths of the number ot feet 

 instead of two-thiids to get the price in cents. 

 30 1 32, 39. 73. 105 120 140 140, 140. 



36 I 12 20 22, 36, 38, 39. 56. 57. 66, 68, 79, 81. 86, 88, 100, 100, 100, 110, 119, 

 ' I 120. 122. 126, 128, 128, 132. 134. 136, 1,38. 140, 141, 144, 145. 

 42 I 142. 14.3. 



48 41, 55, 60. 66, 70, 85, 86, 92, 98, 105, 114, 123, 140. 143, 145. 

 54 145. 



60 46. 48. 50, 51, 60. 73, 119. 139, 139. 

 72 I 25, 38, 44, 45, 70, 75, 76, 79. 100, 100, 128, 187, 139. 



In lots of 5 pieces, any one or assorted kinds, de- 

 duct 5% ; 10 pieces, 10% ; 35 pieces or more, 15% . On 

 the 73-inch netting you may also deduct 10% on 

 single-piece orders; or, in addition to above, on 

 quantity orders. First come, first served. General- 

 ly these pieces go off very rapidly, and it may be 

 well to name a second or third choice in case your 

 first may be gone. 



A. I. ROOT, MEDINA. O. 



Books for Bee- Keepers and others. 



Any of tbese books on which postage is not given will be 

 forwarded by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 



In buying books, as every thing else, we are liable to disap- 

 pointment if we make a purchase without seeing the article. 

 Admitting that the bookseller could read all the books he 

 offers, as ne has them for sale, it were hardly to be expected 

 he would be the one to mention all the faults, as well as good 

 things about a book. I very much desire that tho.se who favor 

 me with their patronage shall not be disappointed, and there- 

 fore I am going to try to prevent it by mentioning all the 

 faults, so far as I can, that the purchaser may know what he 

 is getting. In the following list, books that 1 approve I have 

 marked with a * ; those I especially approve, ** ; those that 

 are not up to times, t ; books that contain but little matter for 

 the price, large type, and much space between the lines, t; 

 foreign, §. The bee-books are all good. 



BIBLES, HYMN-BOOKS, AND OTHER GOOD BOOKS. 

 As many of the bee-books are sent with other goods by 

 freight or express, incurring no postage, we give prices sepa- 

 rately. You will notice, that you can judge of the size of the 

 books very well by the amount required for postage on each. 



8 I Bible, good print, neatly bound 20 



10 I Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress** 30 



30 I Illustrated Pilgrim's Progress** 75 



This is a large book of 425 pages and 175 illustrations, and 

 would usually be called a $2.00 book. A splendid book to pre- 

 sent to children. Sold in gilt edge for 25c more. i' 4 



6 I First Steps for Little Feet. By the author of 



the Story of the Bible. A better book for young children can 

 not be found in the whole round ot literature, and at the same 

 time there can hardly be found a more attractive book. Beau- 

 tifully bound, and fully illustrated. Price 50 c. Two copies 

 will be sold for 75 cents. Postage six cents each. 



5 I Harmony of the Gospels 35 



3 I John Ploughman's Talks and Pictures, by 



Rev. C. H. Spurgeon* 10 



1 I Gospel Hymns, consolidated Nos. 1,2, 3, and 



4, words only, cloth, 10 c ; paper; 05 



2 I Same, board covers 20 



5 I Same, words and music, small type, board 



covers 46 



10 I Same, words and music, board covers 75 



3 I New Testament in pretty fiexible covers. . . 05 



6 i New Testament, new version, paper covers. 10 

 5 I Robinson Crusoe, paper cover 10 



4 Stepping Heavenward** 18 



15 I Story of the Bible** 1 00 



A large book of 700 pages, and 874 illustrations. Will be read 



by almost every child. 



5 I The Christian's Secret of a Happy Life**.. . . 25 

 8 I Same in cloth binding 50 



1 " The Life of Trust," by Geo. MuUer** 1 25 



1 Ten Nights in a Bar-Room, T. S. Arthur*. . 05 

 5 Tobacco Manual** 45 



This is a nice book that will be sure to be read, if left around 

 where the boys get hold of it. and any boy that reads it will 

 be pretty safe from the tobacco habit. 



BOOKS ESPECIALLY FOR BEE-KEEPERS. 

 Postage] [Price without postage. 



16 A BCof Bee Culture. Cloth '.. 110 



A Year Among the Bees, by C. C. Miller. . . 45 

 Advanced Bee Culture, by W. Z. Hutchinson 60 



14 Bees and Bee-keeping, by Prank Cheshire, 



England, Vol. L§ 2 36 



31 I Same, Vol. II.§ r 2 79 



or, $5.35 for the two, postpaid. 



Bees and Honey, by T. G. Newman 1 00 



10 Cook's New Manual. Cloth 90 



5 Doolittle on Queen-Rearing 95 



2 Dzierzon Tlieory . . 10 



1 Foul Brood; Its Management and Cure; 



D.A.Jones 09 



1 I Honey as Food and Medicine 06 



10 I Langstroth on the Hive and Honey-Bee$.. 1 25 



15 Langstroth Revised by Ch. Djtdant & Son.. 1 25 

 10 1 Quinby's New Bee-Keeping 140 



I Thirty Years Among the Bees, by H. Alley 50 



4 I Success in Bee Culture, by James Heddon 46 

 I Handling Uees, by Langstroth. Revised 



by Dadant 08 



1 Bee-keeping for Profit, by Dr. G. L. Tinker 35 

 i The Apiary; or. Bees, Bee-hives, and Bee 



Culture, by Geo. Neighbor & Sons, Bng.§ 1 75 



5 I The Honey Bee, by Thos. William Cowan. . 95 

 I British Bee-Keeper's Guide Book, by Thos. 



William Cowan, England! 40 



3 I Merrybanks and His Neighbor, liy A.T. Root 15 



4 i Winter Problem in Bee-keeping, by Pierce 46 



MISCELLANEOUS HAND-BOOKS. 



3 I A B C Of Potato Culture, Terry** 35 



This is T. B. Terry's first and most masterly work. The book 

 has hft-J an enormous sale, and has been leprinted in foreign 

 languages. When we are thoroughly conversant with friend 

 Terry's system of raising potatoes, we shall be ready to han- 

 dle almost any farm crop successfully. It has 48 pages and 22 

 illustrations. ' 



